15 Bible Verses about The Surrendered life
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He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.
If we are living by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us be guided.
The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.
Then comes the end, when he will give up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have put an end to all rule and to all authority and power.
I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.
And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.
And do not give your bodies to sin as the instruments of wrongdoing, but give yourselves to God, as those who are living from the dead, and your bodies as instruments of righteousness to God.
He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.
For whoever has a desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, but whoever gives up his life because of me, will keep it.
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The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dead to sin
And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders
He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:
The Surrendered life » Of Christ to his mission for further treatment of this subject » Dying with Christ
Being conscious that our old man was put to death on the cross with him, so that the body of sin might be put away, and we might no longer be servants to sin.
I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
If you were made free, by your death with Christ, from the rules of the world, why do you put yourselves under the authority of orders
As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Examples of personal
After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;
And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » Of persons to special religious work
And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.
And he put his hands on him and gave him his orders, as the Lord had said by Moses.
The Surrendered life » Consecration » A call to personal
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.
And Moses said, You have made yourselves priests to the Lord this day; for every one of you has made the offering of his son and his brother; the blessing of the Lord is on you this day.
Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work?
If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » David
Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which you have said. Then he said, ... if in my time there is peace and righteousness?
But now that the child is dead there is no reason for me to go without food; am I able to make him come back to life? I will go to him, but he will never come back to me.
But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Paul the apostle
And may the God of peace himself make you holy in every way; and may your spirit and soul and body be free from all sin at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Tends to spiritual knowledge
If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
And let not your behaviour be like that of this world, but be changed and made new in mind, so that by experience you may have knowledge of the good and pleasing and complete purpose of God.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Judah under king asa
And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.
The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Whole-hearted required
Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Josiah and his subjects
And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.
Never before had there been a king like him, turning to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his power, as the law of Moses says; and after him there was no king like him.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Prayer essential to
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Christ the perfect example of
Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.
Again, a second time he went away, and said in prayer, O my Father, if this may not go from me without my taking it, let your pleasure be done.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The rule of every-day life
And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.
But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Christ
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: but even so let not my pleasure, but yours be done.
Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » Establishes a divine relationship
For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Eli
Then Samuel gave him an account of everything, keeping nothing back. And he said, It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.
The Surrendered life » Entire consecration, examples of » Caleb and joshua
But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Elisha
And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Noah
And all these things Noah did; as God said, so he did.
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The result of inward law
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Paul's friends
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Isaiah
And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » David
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Christ
Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
The Surrendered life » Resignation in trials, examples of » Job
With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » Paul
But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.